Genealogists
are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our
own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from
Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme.
I have completed six weeks of “lock down” due to Covid-19. I left the house only
to do phenology at the meadow, walks to the mailbox, and a trip to a friend’s
driveway to pick up some plants.
Genealogy
Blog
Writing:
My
blog post from last week was spotlighted by Amy Crow Johnson in this week’s 52
Ancestors in 52 Weeks email. That’s pretty exciting and certainly brought some
traffic to my blog.
- 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 17: Land: Tom & Pansy Johnston Purchase a House in 1949. I wrote about my grandparents buying their house in Pleasant Hill in Gregory Gardens.
- Saturday
Night Genealogy Fun – What is Your Birth Surname Henry Number. Randy had us figure out our Henry number, a
different kind of numbering system for families in our tree.
Webinars/Study
Groups Attended:
Many
more online meetings again this week:
- Monday, the CCCGS Monday Morning
Group met and had one time 12 people. We had three out-of-state people join us
this week. I have gotten some payments to purchase a subscription to Zoom, and
now have a month-to-month plan. Later I met with my friend, Jacqueline, and we
spoke for an hour talking about our military research we are doing.
- Tuesday, I spoke with military researcher,
KB, and she gave some great tips on finding out more about the Army Air Force
base in England where my father-in-law was stationed. I have lots more
resources to check out.
- Wednesday, I arranged for our Retreat
Genie-buddies group to meet on Zoom and it was so nice to talk to catch up with
each other.
- I forgot to attend the Thursday group, but did attend the Friday group and we discussed some DNA problems that two members shared with us.
- Saturday, I attended the Military
Research Education group meeting and lots of people had questions which other
members helped answer. It was very informative, and I always take notes.
Client
Work/Presentations: None.
Volunteer
Work: None.
Own
Work:
This
week I scanned photos, documents, and photos found in binders about my father-in-law,
George’s time in the service during World War II. The envelopes give clues to
his address and to his units he was in. I experimented whether a piece of white
or black paper was best behind the letters, which were written on very thin
tissue-like paper. If written on one side only, the white paper worked best.
However, if he wrote on both sides, then the black paper helped prevent the
words on the opposite side from showing through. I also had to process the
images, removing the yellow cast my scanner puts on, and then renaming and
filing the image. Between the letters and his diary, I’ll have a little idea of
what his life was like (outside of his actual work, which he rarely spoke of)
in England and Germany.
Other:
Got
some walks to the mailbox in with my husband. I attended my three online German
classes and my ukulele lesson. I met Shirley at the Meadow to do the phenology
study (we wore our masks and stayed 10 feet apart). The meadow was birdy—quail,
woodpeckers, wrens, and hawks, but I took no photos. I also pulled weeds in our
yard. Hope to get some of the veggie plants I got from Margo planted soon.
Photos from walks:
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